Acknowledgement
With special thanks to Ajahn Dungtrin who has always been an excellent mentor, for graciously granting the permission to translate this book.
My heartfelt thanks to Dr. Kongsak Tanphaichitr who has always been supportive to me. He has helped me with the painstaking editing of this translation and given me valuable advice and comments. I really appreciate his precious friendship.
I am also very indebted for the tremendous help received from Mr. Jeff Zoellner for spending a lot of time reviewing and editing the second edition of this book. He has given me sound advises and comments which I very much needed.
I would like to thank all those who contributed their time for giving valuable suggestion and comments. This includes Wanliya Prahanpap, Alisa Chatranon, Dr. Supranee Wang and Boonyasak Dheeravongkit. I also would like to thank all of the monks at Wat Phrasriratanaram and friends in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
I alone will take all the responsibility for any shortcomings or oversight that may appear in these pages.